In Houston, everyday is western day – wheather or not people want it to be. Even though it's the 4th largest city in the US (Fast Company named us City of the Year!), it is not unusual to see someone in a 10-gallon hat, a pair of cowboy boots or someone on a horse. One day a year all three of these things happen at once in celebration of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

When I heard that this week's challenge was making a western outfit, I knew exactly what item was missing from my wardrobe: a dress for this year's Ho Ho Hoedown. What the heck is that, you may ask? It's my parent's yearly cowboy-themed Christmas party!

This simple pattern by Sewaholic took a little less than 3 hours to complete. I love the knotted neckline and the A-line skirt! It was very, very easy to put together with no tricks or hard steps to fool with – thank goodness! After last week, I needed an easy win.

I can't wait to rock around the Christmas tree in this dress and my blue boots – is it December yet?

this pattern is so great– and your material pick makes the tie at the top even more brilliant! i bet no one at sewaholic ever realized this pattern’s true soulmate was bandana fabric.
ho ho hoedown? really? i love your family.

Sarah,
You look beautiful.. the dress is so cute and looks fantastic on you.. I just knew a Texas girl would
come up with a really cute one..and you did!!!
Hope you have fun come Christmas at the Ho DOwn…yea.

The dress looks gorgeous, perfect for a Texas summer (and family hoedown)! And it has pockets! Yay for pockets and easy sewing wins! Did you knot the ties at the back or tie them in a bow? I love all the crazy things in Texas – those statues are confusingly amazing! Here’s to Christmas coming quickly :)

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The Sew Weekly began as Mena Trott's attempt to document the process of sewing all of her own clothes in 2010. In 2011, four other contributors (Debi Fry, Adey Lim, Veronica Darling & Sarah Gabbart) joined her and for 52 weeks, they sewed based on a particular weekly theme. In 2012, The Sew Weekly became a much larger group blog with over 130 contributors sewing along each week.